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Mental Unblock

Mental Unblock

Got a 350000 Drift Score in Mental Block with Ken's car

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How to unlock the Mental Unblock achievement in Need for Speed - Definitive Guide

The Mental Block event is located in Crescent Mountains in the upper portion of the map. Ken Blocks car is available for $0 in the garage after you've completed Manu's (Style) story missions.

Be sure to join a game by yourself. With other players in the game, there's a pretty good chance that they'll interfere, even if they're just free roaming. How to play alone: Hold the cn_back button -> Settings -> Game Settings -> Play Alone.

Use the brake to initiate drifts and avoid using the e-brake too much since this slows you down more. Ken's car is fully tuned for drifting so it might slide a lot more than you're used to. It also makes it a little difficult to straighten out after a drift. Release or feather the gas to help control your car in these situations.

Try to get most of your score from the mountain sections in the first half of the course. If you can maintain a decent angle and keep your speed up at least 70MPH, you should be getting 10-20k per drift easily. Once you're in the city, there's less room for big drifts so it'll be a little harder but there are still plenty of opportunities for high scores.

Do your best to not hit any walls, especially in the mountain section at the beginning. Even lightly bumping the wall will cause you to lose all your points for that drift. Bumping into other cars or traffic will not cause you to lose your points for that drift.

You'll want at least 200k when you get to the tunnel. If you hit too many walls on the way down, it's probably worth it to restart.

Some people are unlocking the achievement just getting the required score and not having to finish the event, but does not work that way for others. It's a little buggy in that regard. Finishing within the time limit is really the only way to guarantee you'll unlock it.

As you can see in the video below, I do pretty poorly in the city section and still (almost) make it to the end and unlock the achievement, so there is some room for errors.

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Practice makes perfect! You'll crack it eventually. Note that the best way to drift is to turn THEN double-pump the brakes, if you do it the other way around the Hoonicorn will lock and you might as well restart.

Parts like the train station are where you need to enter and leave cleanly. Don't pull anything in there as the car tries to kill you if you're not careful. Learn where to earn points.

Most importantly: They don't call this 'Need For Speed' for nothing. In the first bunch of hairpins, a speed of about 100mph can net you huge points. I approached the first sort of roundabout near the lighthouse with 150K by mastering that and that run got me the achievement. You'll be wise to slow down in the urban areas but sweeping bends are perfect.
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By FarmYardGaming1 on 04 Jul 2023 15:15
I earned 360,000+ and was two checkpoints from the finish when time ran out - no achievement. Pretty sure you have to finish in time.
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By on 26 Nov 2015 09:12
I also earned 380k and 350k on two separate runs both a few checkpoints away. Hopefully if I score over 350k a few more times it'll just pop.
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By J45ON92 on 26 Nov 2015 13:58
I am still having issues, sometimes the car doesn't steer the way im pointing it or its really slow, could be lag may have to give up on this one, I am like 15 checkpoints away and always run out of time.
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By Pauldnb on 01 Dec 2015 11:24
It's a Gymkhana event. You need to reach the finish line with at least 350K points to get the achievement.

By yours truly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbyOwOTeHsA
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By chrisgazmic on 06 Dec 2015 20:22
I no Finish event, i just reached between checkpoints 86~88 with 351.000 points and achievement was unlock, i think i tryed 30 and a lot more times, i finished with 340.000 and after more two times with 350,000~360.000
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By NeGo x MaTriX on 26 Dec 2015 12:04
Bumping into other cars or traffic will not cause you to lose your points for that drift.

It will if it wrecks the car, which happened every time. Luckily I managed to get the achievement on around the 5th try.
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By Wyyvern on 04 Jan 2016 18:58
Your car drift completely different than my car. How do you drift? With X?
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By OniDestiny on 13 Jan 2016 20:40
Just getting the score without finishing the race didn't work for me.
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By SHOTOKANKATANA on 26 Feb 2016 22:09
After about a dozen tries I was able to get 391,000 with over 12 seconds left. I did a mix of drifting with left trigger and for tighter turns i tapped X and boosted out of turns. This gets you massive points especially if u go into a turn late or too slow. Plus you come out of the turn with lots of speed.

My first few tries I wasn't even close; like over 100k short and far from the finish line. Just keep at it. It's totally doable. I feel like I could get over 400k since i made some mistakes in the city near the end because I was stressing out to not screw up haha.
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By MASS D0MINATI0N on 01 Mar 2016 05:59
Just made over 400k twice! The trick is to use your handbrake and brake. Just practice, its possible and not that hard! It also gives you the great feeling of accomplishment :D
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By shoxyy on 30 Mar 2016 08:57
Good guide thanks, this took me ages and my controller was in serious danger a couple of times when I was timed out with 375k in sight of the finish line angry
Anyway the handbrake / boost was the best strategy and the faster to round the bend the more points you get.
Not a lot else to say but practice eventually makes perfect honest
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By hammersmad on 01 May 2016 17:35
Took me 4 tries. The fourth try I crashed into a car with 10 seconds left. Jumped up and screamed AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH but spawned fast enough to complete it. 5 seconds left. smile
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By mcnuggests on 25 Aug 2017 12:06
You HAVE to finish the race and have over 350k for the ach to pop. I did 373k but did t finish the race and no achievement, i then tried again and got 404k and finished, then ach popped. was a very annoying ach, thank god its done.
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By Monkeyman1188 on 21 Dec 2017 09:55
This game is a fucking abortion. Not only did I complete it in under 20 hours, then go back to play the better Rivals. But now they added shit tons of achievements that are horrible to play. Race in a POS car the floats all over the road. Why the fuck can't I use the car I enjoy racing with? Then you restart the race, only to have to restart the event. Then you drift and get cleaned up by a truck, then the next corner a car. Achievements and shitty games like this one piss me the fuck off. NFS Rivals shits on this joke of a game, and this joke of a game is the only reason I didn't buy the newest one. Fuck supporting shitty devs.
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By dogol the dogol on 11 Jun 2018 11:20
I got it !! 5 attempts , 375k and 19 or 20 seconds left on timer, I even saved a screenshot (:smile
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By FlavioDarkyx on 19 Oct 2018 07:40
Be prepared to develop a new found hatred for traffic cars. I've been drifting in Forza for years and this floaty mess took be about 50 tries.
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By GMX09 on 24 Oct 2018 14:01
After 20 tries, I finally got a really good score... and then it turned out I was 283 points short (that's only 0.0008% short of the target) angry. The next run I got well over 350,000 points but was about 5 seconds short of the finish line. However, after about 30 seconds I did get the achievement to pop without having finished the race. headspin
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By Dr Marty on 18 Nov 2018 22:37
Or is the issue that i completed the challenge using the huracan before attempting with ken block's car?
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By zakadas on 27 Jun 2019 13:41
@zakadas it won't count if you do it in the prestige version, you have to disable the prestige challenges in the prestige screen and do it on the normal version.
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By GX#2070 on 24 Aug 2019 19:05
I just got it , had 230k when I got in the tunnel and got the 350k before the 360°C .
Finished the race 4 times and every time I had like 25/33 seconds left when I finished so had no worries about timing out. :)
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By SaP RaZzor on 10 Jan 2020 16:57
finished 380k with 20s left on timer, no achievement, nice.
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By Yuumeda on 31 Mar 2023 10:42
Had over 350k, failed timer and no pop twice now
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By tjw CENA2000 on 16 Apr 2024 12:41
I just got this without finishing the race, I had 357,000 score and 87/90 checkpoints when the time ran out.
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By MolecularAnt on 02 Feb 2019 22:35
It took me 2+ hours to finish it...
I didn't use cn_LT to do drifts but cn_X (handbrake) then cn_A (nitro boost when drifting)+cn_RT
I supposed too i didn't have to finish the event in time but i had to restart despite the fact i had 352k points
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By Cajeel on 26 Nov 2015 18:37
This hasn't unlocked for me... I beat the challenge within the time limit and scored over 400k... However, when I go to "mental block" the text that shows up on screen is the prestige challenge (400k for bronze, 600k or whatever for silver, 850k for gold)... Am I doing the wrong challenge?
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By zakadas on 27 Jun 2019 13:40
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You find this event on the top area of the map.

- You need Ken's Car, which you can buy for free in the garage. It is only availible if you have finished the entire Manu storyline. (Credits to erod550)
- You need 350.000 Score
- You should finish the race (Some persons got the achievement without finishing. Some including me not.)

This is a realy hard achievement which needs a lot of tries and training.

Make sure you get enough points in the big curves at the beginning. By only hitting cn_LT (and not cn_X), its possible to get 15.000 points each curve.

At the first circle (where you turn arround) you should have 100.000-150.000, If you drive through the tunnel, you should have arround 200.000 to 250.000 points.

If not, restart (or train the remaining part of the track).

Its realy hard to get points in the city after the tunnel. And you need speed, to get the finishing line.
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Finally got this the other day after many attempts here are a few things found

1. In the hill section at the start I would use nos in-between the hairpins, this speed boost helped me finish on time and gave extra seconds to get more points in the city.

2. Don't try and drift too much on the straights in the hills, it gives you an extra couple of k's but I found its more important to use the straights to setup for the hairpins, that's where the real scores are

3. Try and drift using the left trigger, I found it keeps your speed up which helped to get the higher scores for each drift. If you start drifting and find you are going to hit something then use the handbrake to quickly stop

4. I had 220k at the tunnel on my final run. My best score for the city section was 160k, I found I could get around 20k in the area when you come out of the tunnel. It's pretty open (apart from a few trees)

5. Switch to "Play alone" mode. (settings -> gameplay)This will prevent other human players messing up your run. You still have to contend with the AI drivers but there was nothing worse than executing a great drift to find a player AFK in the middle of the road
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By TYR I MATT on 31 Dec 2015 11:03
got it after like my 20th-30th time trying (usually restarting after the first area) but i finally did it and finished with just over 365000 :)
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By KillCrazyCarl on 25 Nov 2015 21:21
Some times to keep an eye on too is when you go over the first narrow ramp area (right turn) you should have at least 2:15 remaining and the final circle you drift around should be around 55 seconds if you want to make it to the finish on time.
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By erod550 on 25 Nov 2015 21:47
Actually, I just got to 363k but was about 4 checkpoints from finishing and the achievement still popped. So apparently you don't have to finish the race after all, so disregard the times listed above.
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By erod550 on 25 Nov 2015 22:10
Also it should be noted that you can't buy Ken's car until you finish the entire Manu storyline.
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By erod550 on 25 Nov 2015 22:18
Spot on man, mine were 130k and 200k at the tunnel and 300k at the construction site with the jumps. Also I had a time to meet, 4:40 at the turnout, 3:40 at the tunnel, 1:50 at the construction, and 1:10 at the circle/donut, for the that last one as long as I was out around 40 I know I could make it to the end on time.
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By SoH Anarchy on 25 Nov 2015 22:23
Wrong you need to finish the track fully and you get the achievement once it puts you back in free roam^ I had about 2:20 at the small ramp and 60 seconds left at the circle at the end you drift around and finished with 10 seconds left.
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By Darren XBL on 25 Nov 2015 23:39
It also needs a lot of luck. I have yet to have an attempt where there hasn't been at least one truck parked in the middle of one of the first few turns. And half of them seem to have me running into a race coming uphill. It also seems like the car is wildly inconsistent (as is the norm I found racking up the first 1000G in this game). Stabbing the brakes with LT in one turn and it'll glide right around. The next it'll plow into the wall, the next it'll rotate and spin out. I gave up for the night and will try in the morning when I'm fresh and not frustrated.
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By TheTrueStein on 26 Nov 2015 01:12
This car sucks.
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By on 26 Nov 2015 03:42
Just got this achievement today. I had 352,000 at the end. Yes, you can use the handbrake. I averaged around 7,000 in the mountain turns. I had around 105,000 at the first turn around and 197,000 in the tunnel.
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By The Last Flight on 27 Nov 2015 02:53
What a bullshit achievement. Got it but it was a pain in the ass.
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By Valdimier on 27 Nov 2015 09:44
It unlocked for me without finishing the race, I had approximatly 373,700 points
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By Th3 PaU on 30 Nov 2015 18:54
For me it was more difficult than California drifter in forza 5. Becuase I had to finish not only scoring 350k.
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By KHKS on 04 Dec 2015 05:15
OK so finish the race with Ken's car one time don't worry about points then play again and then Get your 350,000 points if you timeout the achievement Will unlock
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By BarriedU on 06 Dec 2015 18:06
It's a Gymkhana event. You need to reach the finish line with at least 350K points to get the achievement.

By yours truly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbyOwOTeHsA
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By chrisgazmic on 15 Dec 2015 11:41
Just for reference I scored over 350,000 and crossed the finish line but JUST timed out (by less than a second) and got the time up / failed screen and the achievement still popped. So I recommend if you're on a high score but time is tight don't restart, push on and you might just limp over the line. smile
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By B0BCAT on 23 Dec 2015 12:09
BarriedU find works perfectly =)
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By lepongistefou on 23 Dec 2015 14:57
Didn't work for me.

Complete the race (without enough points) -> Teleport to the race -> Multiple tries to get enough points

And no achievement. Did you get points right after completing the race ? Or hit replay ?
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By on 27 Dec 2015 17:11
At I finished race it was about my 4th try I got enough points. Teleported back to start several times
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By Sighris on 27 Dec 2015 18:30
I beat the race without worrying about the points than next try got 377,00 timed out at the last turn. No achievement!! probably would of gotten it if weren't for the LA rush hour traffic around every corner. doesnt help this car blows
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By ElBabadook on 27 Dec 2015 19:36
Ok so here it's how it work:

- WIN the race with Ken's car (reach the line with more than 130-135K)
- Make an other run focusing on score only and do more than 350K
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By on 28 Dec 2015 13:41
Fucking retarded car,its not even good for drifting,man I wish I could have used the one I've build for drifting. Much better turns.
This car is just all over the place,spendt prop 4 hours so far. 302k highest with a finish,slowly getting there,but frustrating getting hit by Ai cars.
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By FreebirdX3 on 31 Dec 2015 12:59
I tried the method described first by BarriedU and Kheiz yesterday and today. Nothing popped. Got fed up and went at it legit -> achievement unlocked normally.

It's possible the game (un-)glitched on all three of my 'successful' 350k+ time outs. but from my point of view the trick method is patched and no longer working. Sure, try it, but be warned!.

(FYI: my time out runs ended between checkpoints 82 and 86.)
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By Healtti on 07 Jan 2016 17:37
This is so fckd if you actually have to manage to get across the finish line... 348,199 and I had like 15-20 checkpoints left with this ridiculous car. This is the hardest achievement in the game, no question about it xD Still determined to get it thou xD
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By IzaacB on 10 Jan 2016 19:36
Got my achievement about 5 mins ago. I did it without finishing the race and didn't get the achievement. I did it again and finished the race and the achievement unlocked just after I took control of the car
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By darkavenger786 on 12 Jan 2016 23:41
By far the hardest achievement of the game, it took me more than 3 hours. I had ten times a score of 320-340, but finally managed to pull it off. Traffic is very frustrating, especially the other streetracers.

I exited the first round about with a score of 150 and got at the tunnel with 230 and finished with 355. I sucked big time in the city and therefore needed to have a score of at least 210-220 at the tunnel to have a decent chance to get this achievement (unless you are kicking ass in the city, then 200 should be fine).
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By Belly Elly on 10 Feb 2016 09:25
Just got this, probably restarted about a dozen times, maybe more. Finished twice with about 345K. Would definitely recommend using cn_X for the handbrake with cn_A for nitrous. Worked way better and easier for me. Winning run got 392K.
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By The 1vanator on 16 Feb 2016 22:32
Just got this one. Spent about 30 tries yesterday and had to quit due to frustration... Couldn't get anywhere near 350k let alone the recommended 100-130k around the first turn around. Came online tonight read all these wonderful comments. First try hit 351k but timed out about 3 checkpoints short. 2 more tries and I hit 368k with 18 seconds to spare... Biggest tip is use your e-brake to drift every corner and use your nitrous every time you're drifting. Seriously. If you hit your e-brake, hold A the whole time. Even if your out of nos.
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By CRAWFORD696 on 17 Feb 2016 02:36
Got 310k twice now. Why is this shit so hard
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By Bagged M3 on 18 Oct 2023 15:45
So to add information to get achievement without finishing race.

You have to finish it with or without points in the same game play you get the points.

On 12/24 I finished race, but didn't get 350k+.
Went to bed.
12/25, got points without finishing race, no achievement.

On 12/26 I finished race then went and got points. Soon as I timed out of race, achievement popped.

I think the way the game reads for achievement is doing a check for points and beating event in that car separately.
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By Sighris on 27 Dec 2015 04:52
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Hi i also had problems with this achievement
But once i use the E-brake in tight corners and nitro
Nitro you should use in all corners it builds up speed and points
If you going to hit the wall release the RT gas and steer of the wall
I also get points in fast corners by drifting and using nitro

don't be afraid using E-brake if you going to fast at a corner but use the nitro to gain speed
It is easiest wat other peaple say by getting 200000 or more if possible befor you hit the tunnel aria because after the tunnel is the more difficult part you make more mistakes it has tight corners hier i use the E-brake and nitro alot
Hope this helps Some peaple
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28 Feb 2016 13:33

my mental block was that I wasn't drifting correctly. If you're going for this one, hear me out.
It just clicked today, and I started getting the drifts much much better, and crushed it. Before, I was getting scores in the mid to high 200s, with a couple runs above 300, my record was about 310k. I was getting to about 150 - 180k by the tunnel.

I primarily use the brake to drift, though I will often just tap the handbrake to get it started. As soon as the drift starts, especially on longer drifts in the switchbacks, hit the nitrous, and hold it through your entire drift. Don't really bother much with nitrous before the drift starts. The nitrous is key. Use nitrous and fluttering the gas to stop yourself from hitting the walls, and brakes if you have to. Once I started using nitrous in the drifts, I want from getting about 10k on a good drift on the first corners to getting 15k or more, and being able to more easily control the car and nail more drifts.

I did 2 runs once I figured out the drift. The first run I had maybe 210k at the tunnel. I had 340 at the end, but time also ran out with .5 miles left. The second run, I had 250k by the tunnel, and I hit the wall losing 20k on the 360º drift. I ended the run with less than 5 seconds left, and 380k.

nitrous is key.

here's a video of a later run, where I broke 400k:
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06 Dec 2018 05:48

- Get Ken’s car for FREE from the store after beating the STYLE (Manu’s) story line

- Go to the "GYMKHANA" event titled "Mental Block (Hard)"

- Avoid using the e-brake drifts, they’re slow and get you less points, also avoid walls at all costs, they can end a good combo real quick

- The more points you can build before the city the better, points are harder to come by in there

- Compare your totals at the Roundabout and the Tunnel to see how well your doing, here’s what I had... ROUNDABOUT -> 120,000pts | TUNNEL -> 209,000pts


It will take a few tries to get comfortable with this game's tough driving mechanics that at times can have a mind of it's own locking drifts, not drifting when you want etc. , but you do start to get a feel for how the car handles so practice makes perfect for this cheev
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Theirs lots of good guides here I recommend reading through, having just popped this I'll share my thoughts.

First, it's not just you, yes this games vehicle physics are f***ing awful.

I really struggled keeping kens car in a straight line but was pretty good at keeping it sideways, however I timed out constantly about 6 checkpoints short because I was too busy keeping 'er lit.

My solution here is to get to the tunnel with 230k points, very doable imo. In my run I hit the wall a few times before the tunnel and came out with 374k at the end of the race.

Remember to pump LT before the turn, then smash RT to swing her out, if its feeling shallow and like you're going to hit the outer wall, use the handbrake and nitrous to keep you off.

I can't stress enough how useful it is just letting go of the trigger to avoid hitting barriers and to straighten the car back up.

When you come out of a drift the car will slightly crab in the direction you were drifting, I.e you were going round a right hander, so all of the inertia is throwing you left to the outside wall, when you leave the drift make sure you over compensate and steer toward the inner wall to counter the crab walk.

I should also mention contrary to real life, hitting the nitrous will help straighten you out even when you let off the gas, also useful.

Last but not least take some time to get use to throwing the car out on the slight bends in the mountain, don't wait for the big u turns, I was making a good few k just sliding on the slight curves, again, big angle, nitrous to keep you off the outer wall, over compensate on the exit to avoid crabbing into the wall.

In the city, you'll enter via a barrier and head right, then into an s bend past some buildings and then back out through a gate into an immediate right hander followed by a left. This is a massive left with a full open and almost always empty road, when leaving the last gate go hard round the left hander for big points, then focus on speed from here whilst racking up what you can in the smaller turns.

Towards the last few checkpoints their is a huge sweeping right hander into an open lorry loading bay, the area is awash with red light and its maybe checkpoint 80+ on the track, again hit this huge, at the end of the straight through the lorry loading area is a tight u turn for some decent points followed by a right 90. This is where I tried to have my 350k before a sprint to the finish.

Hope this helps anyone still in need of this.
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17 Sep 2021 23:12

The Mental Block event is located in Crescent Mountains in the upper portion of the map. Ken's car is available for $0 in the garage after completing all of the Style story missions.

This is a hardest achievement in the Icons Update DLC. But with a little practice it can be achieved. What makes this so difficult is that Ken's car is extremely hard to handle if you have never used a fully tuned for drifting, making the car slide more and making is difficult to straighten out after a drift.

Before attempting the Mental Block event, suggest going into free roam with Ken's car to get a feel on how Ken's car handles. Also it is best to play alone, because having other players in the game can interfere with you. To do this select > Settings > Game Settings > Play Alone.

Try to get most of your score from the mountain sections, which is the first half of the course. Maintaining a good angle and keeping your speed up, should get you 10-12k per drift. Once you enter the city section of the course, there will be less room for big drifts, but at the same time some opportunities for high scores. You'll want to at least have 200k when you get to the tunnel. If you do not have at least 200k by the time you reach the tunnel, it's probably worth it to restart. There really isnt any room for errors.

Tips:

  • Use the brakes to initiate drifts and avoid using the e-break too much as this slows down the car.
  • Releasing or slightly tapping the gas will help you gain control of your car while trying to straighten out after a drift.
  • Do your best to not hit any walls or other cars, especially in the mountain section. Even bumping lighlty into a wall can cause you lose speed and all of your points.

Please refer to the video below for gameplay. Credit goes to cakechieveables for the video.

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